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WIGSTON, WISTON.

In Wiseton of the kings Soc of Oswaldebek belonging to Maunsfeild also, was one car. for
the geld. (fn. 1) The land two car. seven sochm. seven vill. four bord, had six car.
meadow two qu. long, two broad, pasture wood fourteen quar. long, four broad.—
The value in king Williams time was 10s.

(fn. 2) In Wiseton were four bovats of land and an half, which anciently were wont to
yield 10s. which the king the (great) grandfather of king John, gave to one William
le Harper paying 15d. per annum, and his heirs continued to hold it.

(fn. 3) The jury, in 3 E: 3, found that John de Bekering held of the king in capite,
fifteen acres of land in Wiston, by the service of 1d. ob. per annum, and that he likewife held there one mess. forty-five acres of land of Sir Thomas le Latymer of the Sok
of Oswaldebek, by the service of suit of that court from three weeks to three weeks, and
7s. 6d. rent, and that John de Bekering, son of the said John, was his heir, and twentytwo years of age, viz. of the said fifteen acres held of the king; but as to the forty-five
acres held of Sir Thomas le Latymer, they were partible between the said John, son of
John, and Thomas, Robert, Leonard, and William, brothers of the said John the
younger, and co-heirs of the said John de Bekering. Joane who had been wife of
John de Bekering, 9 E: 3 (fn. 4) holding lands which were the said Johns, gave the king
6d. for a pair of gilt spurrs, for fifteen acres of land, with the appurtenances in Wyston,
which John de Bekering, father of the said John, late her husband, held of the king
in capite.

(fn. 6) The jury, 3 E: 3, also found that John de Markham when he died, held lands
and tenements in Wyston of Thomas le Latymer, by the service of 2s. 4d. and two appearances at his court yearly for all services, and that he held likewise other lands in
the same town of Alan de Bekingham, by the service of 5d. per annum, and that Elizabeth twelve years old, and Cecilia ten years old and upwards, were the daughters and
heirs of the said John de Markham.

(fn. 7) The priory of Mattersey 20 E: 4, had lands in Wyeston by Claworth, which were
granted to sir Anthony Nevill with the site of that monastery by king H. 8. The
priory of Wirkesop had lands here, at the dissolution rated at 5l. 3s. 0d.

The owners of Wiston town 1612, are said to be Oliver Bromhead, Anthony Whitwell, Thomas Smith, Thomas Draper.

[Throsby] Wiseton

Wiseton, Is a small hamlet in the parish of Claworth. The land here is about 1040 acres,
part sandy and part clay. Lord of the manor and sole proprietor is Jonathan Acklom, esq: except about 49 acres with a house, and about 13 acres of glebe which belongeth to the rector of Claworth.

Wiseton Hall,

The seat of Jonathan Acklom, esq: was formerly the seat or mansion of the Nelthorp family. (fn. 8) Since, the old house has been pulled down at different times, and
new parts built, so that none of that dwelling is remaining. The present building is
erected on a slooping ground, with a fine lawn in front of about 30 acres of land.—
There is a delightful walk, which encircles it, of about a mile long, whence on the
east, south, and west, you have extensive views into four counties: Nottinghamshire,
Derby shire, Yorkshire, and a losty hill in Cheshire.

On part of the west and north the prospect is bounded by a range of hills in a concave form; on which are built some excellent farm-houses, which stand and are seen
as ornaments to the domain, and are highly creditable to the taste of the owner.—
Plantations and groupes of trees scattered here and there, have a pleasing effect.

The Chesterfield canal, which takes a winding course of two miles, through this
estate is not the least of the beauties here: in part it is carried through a hill of sandy
rock, which forms a curious kind of grotto; the tunnel, or vault, being fifteen feet
high, and as many wide; in length, 270 yards.

The whole lordship appears well wooded, and is bounded southwardly by the river
Idle, which divides it from Mattersey.

The turnpike road from Bawtry to Gainsborough, goes over the Chesterfield canal,
in the course of which you have some pleasing varigated prospects.

Baua-hill, one of the pleasing farms above mentioned, is an excellent object, Pustohill is another, a public-house, also in the village near, is built, in a romantic stile.
Baua and Pusto appear to be words of Danish original. A tumlus on the former hill
was visible before the ground was ploughed. Here it is said was a Danish encampment. The word Baua signifies burying ground.

Footnotes

8. This place came into the Acklom family, by purchase, about 120 years ago, and became the residence of the present owner's father Richard Acklom, esq: in 1719, (who was, it is remarkable, the son
of the youngest of 16 children,) being settled upon him and his heirs, by his uncle Jonathan Acklom,
esq: on his marriage with Elizabeth Stanhope, coheiress of — Stanhope, esq: of High Mellwood, in
Lincolnshire. She died in 1722, and all the issue of this marriage also died. He secondly married in
1726, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Cooke, of Wheatley, bart. in Yorkshire, by whom he had
three sons and three daughters. By this marriage is the present owner of Wiseton, Jonathan Acklom, esq: who married Mary, daughter of Marmaduke Constable, esq: of the east Riding of Yorkshire,
and among others of respectable connections; George, settled at Maldon, a captain in the army, on
half pay.
It appears by Noble's pedigree, that Mr. Acklom's lady is a descendent from Oliver Crumwell;
by whom Mr. A. has one son, Richard, and four daughters.
The Ackloms are a Yorkshire family, descended from a younger branch of the Ackloms of Moreby, knt. in that county.—After various marriages with many Yorkshire families, the principal part of
the Yorkshire estates, of the Ackloms, went by a daughter into the Milbank family, barts. Several
estates belonging to the younger branch of the family, in the east Riding of Yorkshire, were sold by
Mr. Acklom's father and himself, to purchase lands contiguous to the property in the neighbourhood
of Wiseton.
Major Acklom, a young gentleman of this family, much esteemed by Gen. Lambert, was killed before Scarborough Castle, about the year 1645.